The Bodies Obtained - "Hear & Believe"

This sounds like an overture for some kind of future king. Like a mixture between professional wrestler and monarch. Pyrotechnics, make-up, lycra costume, big pointy shoulder pads and plastic crown, but very real rule. A sizable portion of taxes go into the garish matches between him and various subjects. Attendance is mandatory, like jury duty, if such a thing existed in this kingdom. He goes by the name Night Nero, and he likes to think of himself as a "bad guy". Eating animal organs on stage, this kind of thing. He uses the wrestling matches to allegorize current goings-on politically inside the kingdom and out. The problem is, he often spends more time working on the performance than on the actual politics, so he'll often have to overuse his army (who are dressed in simpler, drone-like versions of his costume, without crowns of course, and are called "the NeoFights") to clean up situations that could have been negotiated had he not been practicing his choke slam. But when you hear this music, you better shut up and watch the show.

[this isn't available until November, but 2 other tracks via RCRD LBL]

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Also, Fiery Furnaces Survey:

I'm working on an article right now and I need your help. I'm putting together a semi-fictional market research document for a magazine, and I need to do some actual polling, so I've prepared a survey that I would like to give to you readers. It'd take about 10 minutes of your time, and it would involve listening to a song I would send you. If you want to help me out, just send me an email with "FIERY FURNACES SURVEY" as the subject line. You don't have to like the band to participate. I need like 100 people for this so don't be shy. Thank you!